RCA DRC8060N, User Manual

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Chapter 3: Recording, Playback & Features

Watching TV

Turn on the DVD recorder to watch TV

1.

  Turn on the TV, and tune the TV to the correct Video Input Channel (this channel corresponds to the input jacks on your TV that you used to connect the DVD recorder 

to the TV).

2.

  Turn on the DVD recorder (the DVD recorder’s main menu appears).

3.

 Since the 

Watch TV

 menu is already highlighted, just press the OK button on the remote (the DVD recorder tunes to the last station you watched and a channel banner 

appears). To see the channel banner after it disappears from the screen, press INFO on the remote control.

The Channel Banner

While watching TV, press INFO on the remote control to see the channel banner. The information that 
appears in the channel banner depends upon the information sent from the broadcaster. For example, 
the rating, the program name, and the time the program ends are not always sent by the broadcaster.

02:15 pm

Ch 9

Favorite Show
3:00

Audio: Stereo. (>)
TV-PG

00:01:08 
•

REC

Ch 9

•       0h 30min

00h:54min available

Audio: Stereo. (>)
TV-PG

*1

Channel Banner

Space available on disc

Recording Banner

Note: When you stop recording, the DVD recorder takes several 
seconds to save information to the disc. A still frame of the recording 
may appear on the screen before you are returned to TV viewing.

Recording

After you load a DVD+R or DVD+RW disc into the DVD recorder’s disc tray, there are several ways 
to record programming. When you insert a blank DVD+R or DVD+RW disc, the DVD recorder will 
need to format the disc so you may need to wait several seconds. The quickest way to start recording 
is to press the RECORD button while you’re watching a show (the recording banner appears). You 
don’t even need to remember to press the stop button if you use the Express Recording feature in the 
recording banner (see next section).

DISCS THAT YOU CAN USE FOR RECORDING

DVD+R 2.4x, 4x, 8x, and 16x ONLY;    These are write-once discs and can’t be erased.

DVD+RW 2.4x and 4x ONLY. 

These are rewritable discs which can be erased and 
reused for recording.

Notes:

This recorder is not compatible with DVD-R or DVD-RW discs for recording. Please make sure to 
purchase discs with the plus “+” symbol on the package. Also, it is NOT possible to record on 
CD-R or CD-RW discs.

IMPORTANT: It is NOT possible to record content that is copy-protected. This is usually true for 
most pre-recorded DVD discs and many pre-recorded VHS tapes.

Notes:
The fi rst time you load a DVD+R or DVD+RW disc, the DVD recorder will format it. This should 
only take a few seconds.

Remember, if you’re using a DVD+R disc you must fi nalize it if you want to play the disc in 
another DVD player (page 35). The DVD recorder automatically asks you if you want to fi nalize a 
disc when it is fi nished recording.

Express Recording

When you press the RECORD button on the remote or on the front of the DVD recorder, the 
Express Recording screen appears.  Here you can choose the duration of the recording, and the 
quality. For the duration, each time you press RECORD or the right arrow button, the recording time 
increases by 30 minutes, up to the maximum limit. The DVD recorder will record for the amount 
of time you specifi ed and then stop automatically. At anytime during the recording, you can bring up 
the Express Recording screen by pressing RECORD again and then extending the recording time . To 
cancel the recording, highlight and select 

Cancel

 in the Express Recording screen.

IMPORTANT:

When you record to a DVD+R disc, you must 
fi nalize it before you can play it in another DVD 
player.  The DVD recorder automatically asks you 
if you want to fi nalize a disc when it is fi nished 
recording.

If you need to fi nalize a disc

later

,

 select the 

Disc

menu from main menu, then 

Disc Actions

, and fi nally 

select 

Finalize Disc

 and press OK. Once the disc is 

fi nalized you won’t be able to change the name of 
the disc or the name of the titles on the disc.